Like oysters?
Oysters are serious stuff along the Miyagi coastline in Tohoku, Japan, where warm currents from Taiwan and the cold, nutrient-rich waters of the north converge, creating the ideal environment for these treasured bivalves to thrive.
You’ll find them everywhere around Matsushima, but no place better than the Oyster Shack, a no-frills establishment a few steps from the water with a single mission: to feed the hungry masses with great mountains of oysters. For less than $20, visitors get 40 minutes to eat as many oysters as they can—which, if the friendly servers and cooks have anything to say about it, will be enough world-class ocean protein to tide you over for a day.
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